Pricing for Intel’s next-generation Pineview Atom processor has been revealed by Fudzilla. The 1.66GHz N450 Atom will cost $64 at launch, placing it $20 ahead of the popular 1.60GHz N270 CPU. This also puts it in line with the energy-efficient 1.60GHz Z530 at $65, which is rumoured to be axed for netbooks by the end of the year.

The N450’s price also sits unfavourably with the nettop dual-core 330 processor, which costs only $43. However, it is still cheaper than the CULV chipsets that costs $106. The report claims that the Atom N450 will launch in January 2010.

Looking at the pricing I can see, why some manufacturers may be hesitant to be moving over to new hardware. This price hike, along with the extra cost of Windows 7, means that these netbooks are likely to come at a tangible premium over current N270 XP-based models.

Comments

I wonder what the whole chipset will cost, and how it will compare with ARM?

Bob said:August 8th, 2009 6:35 AM

I feel it’ll be reasonable in the final pricing for the netbook. ARM though may turn out to be cheaper. Win 7 is winning rave reviews … it’ll be interesting to see how the Windows , Intel duo come out winners